Christian Mole

Christian Mole

- Executive Director - Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

Christian is an Executive Director in Ernst & Young London's Transaction Advisory Services. He has specialised in Transactions and Restructurings since 1998 and has a particular focus on the hotels, leisure and retail sectors.

He is responsible for much of Ernst & Young UK's thought leadership in the hotels sector, and specific projects where Christian has led the Ernst & Young team include the sale (ongoing) of the UK Marriott Blackheath portfolio, the refinancing of Hotel du Vin/Malmaison, the restructuring of Principal Hayley, the acquisition of MSREF's European InterContinental portfolio and the sale of Jurys Inns.

Long-term view with successful deals

Hotels are a strong commercial property asset class but there are many global factors at play changing the hospitality landscape. According to JLL, the first six months of 2016 saw Asia become the largest source of outbound capital flowing into global hotel real estate. The report also found that global hotel deal activity in the [...]

Many components of what makes a great deal in hospitality haven’t changed in many, many years, however, there is an a continual evolvement of how deals can be struck and what is need to get that agreement over the final few hurdles. Understanding the risk and what to consider when investing in new areas is [...]